December 28, 2011 08:29 PM CSTDecember 28, 2011 08:29 PM CSTTexas A&M to open first SEC football schedule at home to Florida

Texas A&M to open first SEC football schedule at home to Florida

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A detail view of the Southeastern Conference logo with all 13 member universities is seen during a news conference for Texas A&M accepting an invitation to join the SEC, held on Sept. 26, 2011 in College Station, Texas.

Texas A&M will host Florida and Will Muschamp in its first official Southeastern Conference game on Sept. 8.

The SEC released its 2012 schedule this morning. A few more A&M highlights:

-- Asked in an e-mail exchange about the "vs." for the Arkansas game, A&M football spokesman Alan Cannon responded: "Officially the Aggies will be the home team against Arkansas at a site to be determined at this point."

-- Missouri will replace Texas as an A&M home game on Thanksgiving week, as the series that began in 1894 comes to a halt, for now.

-- LSU, currently ranked No. 1, will visit Kyle Field on Oct. 20.

David Williams, Vanderbilt's vice chancellor in charge of athletics, said adding Texas A&M and Missouri made it challenging to put together an eight-game conference schedule.

“Fans should keep in mind that this league schedule is only for the 2012 season …,” Williams said in a statement.

There remain plenty of kinks to work out for 2012, though.

“Unfortunately, there are still several issues to be resolved in our 2012 football schedule, but we wanted to get as much information to our fans as possible so they may begin planning for next season,” Arkansas athletics director Jeff Long said in a statement. “We are pleased to have at least seven home games and possibly eight as part of a very competitive 2012 football schedule.”

Here is the Texas A&M schedule as it stands now for the Aggies first SEC season. All times will be announced later:

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